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• Social Distortion -- There's still one more show after this weekend at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Chris Brown's Nov. 5 appearance will likely close out the season. But Saturday night's return of O.C. icon Mike Ness and his enduring band, in their biggest homecoming in more than a decade, is also the final rock concert of the season at ye olde Irvine Meadows (8808 Irvine Center Drive). Apart from the headliner, wrapping up a year of rave performances behind January's Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, the rest of the roster is packed: opening acts include Americana favorite the Avett Brothers, plus punk mainstay Face to Face and local band Suedehead. Show time is 6 p.m. Tickets are $15-$40, or $19-$48.25 including service fees. 800-745-3000. livenation.com.

• The Fab Faux -- You've heard of the Fab Four re-creating Sgt. Pepper? Now try the Fab Faux tackling The White Album (the Beatles' 1968 self-titled double-LP potpourri), which is what this NYC-based tribute will perform in its entirety Saturday at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles (842 S. Broadway). Tickets are $39-$89. Other tributes this week: Laserspectacular: The Spirit of Michael (as in Jackson), tonight at City National Grove of Anaheim, $22.50-$27.50; and A Tribute to Sir Elton John & Billy Joel, Sunday at the Grove, $20. 800-745-3000. ticketmaster.com, citynationalgroveofanaheim.com.

• LA 101 -- LA Weekly's third annual festival returns Sunday to Gibson Amphitheatre with a roster that's half-local, headlined by Angeleno outfit the Airborne Toxic Event and with California gang Delta Spirit first on the main stage. In between those two come singer-songwriter Doug Martsch and his Idaho band Built to Spill, plus a set from Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club. An outdoor stage featuring local talent, along with arts-and-crafts outlets, vendors, games and food trucks all become available at 3 p.m. The main stage kicks off at 7:15. Tickets are $22.50-$39.50. Also this week at the Universal CityWalk venue: country star Jason Aldean, with Chris Young and Thompson Square, Thursday, $25-$55. 800-745-3000. livenation.com.

• Robyn / Röyksopp -- It's the last dance at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Two of Scandinavia's most popular electro stars – energetic 32-year-old Swedish chanteuse Robyn, still touring behind her catchy Body Talk collection, and the Norwegian duo Röyksopp, which followed 2009's Junior with the instrumental set Senior last year – have teamed up for a final blowout at the historical venue, located at 2301 N. Highland Ave. Show time is 7 p.m. Tickets are $29.50-$87.50. 800-745-3000. ticketmaster.com, hollywoodbowl.com.

• Gavin DeGraw/David Cook -- DeGraw and the seventh American Idol champ, both touring behind just-released albums (Sweeter, the fourth from the former, and This Loud Morning, the third from the latter), have teamed for a tour that makes two Southern California stops next week: Monday at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay in San Diego (2241 Shelter Island Drive), $40, and Wednesday at the Fox Theater in Pomona (301 S. Garey Ave.), $28-$35. Also at the Fox: Swedish metal band Opeth, with Kataonia, tonight, $25. And one more at Humphreys: Celtic Thunder, Tuesday, $75. 800-745-3000. ticketmaster.com.

But now the taste-making NPR outlet, 89.9 FM, has revealed its lineups for two December holiday shows, dubbed "Are Friends Eclectic?" and slated for Dec. 2-3 at the Orpheum Theatre.

Reggae great Jimmy Cliff, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, will headline the first night, along with singer-songwriter Brett Dennen, psych-rock outfit White Denim, chamber-pop ensemble Other Lives (recently seen opening for Bon Iver) and two of L.A.'s more adventurous acts, world fusion group Fool's Gold and iconoclastic artist Mia Doi Todd.

Sam Beam and his band Iron & Wine top the bill for the second show, along with the Belle Brigade, U.K. upstart Anna Calvi, Jack Johnson discovery Zee Avi and retro-country duo the Secret Sisters.

After briefly becoming available to KCRW members earlier this week, tickets, $55-$200, will go on sale generally via Ticketmaster and the station's site starting Oct. 11. Proceeds will go toward supporting KCRW's programming.